Now here’s a tip – Nov. 7, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY By JoAnn Derson “Whenever I need to remember to bring something with me for the next day (e.g., my lunch, important papers, school notes) I write it on a Post-it note ... Continue Reading →

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? ~ Robert Orben Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 7, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY What Shines Does Not Always Need To Adam Clay Because today we did not leave this world, We now embody a prominence within it, Even amidst its indifference to our actions, Whether ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – The artful Dodger

#MIDDLEBURY By Mark Vasto This has been a season of losses. Muhammad Ali, Gordie Howe, Arnold Palmer … icons, idols and champions measured on a mythical scale that can never be ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Nov. 6, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY By Chris Richcreek Questions In 2016, Felix Hernandez became the winningest pitcher in Seattle Mariners history. Who had held the mark? Twice in the 1980s, a Milwaukee ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 6, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY The Map Marie Howe The failure of love might account for most of the suffering in the world. The girl was going over her global studies homework drawing the map with her ... Continue Reading →

Time runs out on Panthers in 17-16 loss to Rebels

#MIDDLEBURY #SOUTHBURY #@POMP_JUNGLE16  #@POMP_CHEER By Ken Morse – Special to the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer New Fairfield kicker Liam Ford split the uprights on a 14-yard ... Continue Reading →

Diversified Tax Tidbits – ‘Bunch’ tax deductions

#MIDDLEBURY by Mark A. Burns You may be wondering what the title of this column refers to. The bunching concept will not be applicable for many people, but if you can take advantage ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 5, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Native Memory Ansel Elkins River was my first word after mama. I grew up with the names of rivers on my tongue: the Coosa, the Tallapoosa, the Black Warrior; the sound of ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Civil War took Bronson family member

#MIDDLEBURY   By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD On the same day, May 2, 1863, that Confederate General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson lay mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, ... Continue Reading →